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The Rushden Argus July 14th 1922, transcribed by Susan Manton
Golden Wedding
Well-known Rushden Couple Celebrate Happy Event
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Mr & Mrs A T Ginns
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No elderly Rushden couple is better known among the townspeople, or commands more respect, than Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Ginns, who live in the old cottage adjoining the smithy in High Street South. On Sunday, 2nd July, Mr. and Mrs. Ginns celebrated their golden wedding, and many friends who hold them in esteem were happy to offer their congratulations. Mr. Ginns is native of Rushton and was born on August 10th 1839. At the age of 15 he came to Rushden and was apprenticed to his uncle, Mr. Adam Tirrell, blacksmith. The present smithy was then erected and when it was completed the old smithy, which had a frontage to the pavement, was pulled down. It was in 1870 that Mr. Ginns took over the business and two years later, at St. Mary’s Church, he wedded Miss Annie Norwood, who was born at Kettering in 1843. the ceremony was performed by the late Canon J.T. Barker.
Mr. Ginns was one of the founders of the Old National Band, of which he was for some years a member. Ever since he came to Rushden he has been a member of St. Mary’s choir and for a great number of years has attended twice each Sunday and helped with the bell-ringing. Mrs. Ginns, too, has been a member of the choir all the time she has resided in the town.
Though the old coach and horses had ceased to run from Rushden about a year before he took up his apprenticeship, Mr. Ginns has many interesting recollections of the Rushden of bygone years. He remembers, for example, the planting of the famous old chestnut tree on the Green, which was removed before the War Memorial was erected, and the construction of portions of the Midland main line.
Two daughters (the elder of whom lives in Canada) and one son, Mr. W. Ginns (who now conducts the business) are the surviving members of the family.
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